Chapter 654: Water is not unearthed
"Boss Hou, we'll see you tonight!"
At the door of the store, Man Jun bowed to Hou Jingchen. At this moment, the market managers had already diverted tourists. The crowded situation in the antique market improved greatly, and the people around the store had already dispersed.
"Boss Man, Boss Fang, see you at night..." Hou Jingchen bowed and bowed, then turned and left. He was already thin and leapt into the crowd and disappeared immediately.
"Fang Yi, is there any problem with the Western King's reward of merit?"
After sending Hou Jingchen out of the store, Man Jun pulled Fang Yi back to the room and asked hurriedly: "What kind of quality do you think that money can be repaired? Is it worth 200,000?"
It’s no wonder that Man Jun is so anxious, because in the antique industry, there are basically sellers’ markets, especially since the rise of antique craze in recent years, people’s demand for antiques is far greater than the market supply, which means that you may not be able to buy good things with money.
Manjun drove the car all over the world, but because he was out of stock, he developed a habit after several years of antique business, that is, as long as he saw real things at the right price, Manjun tried every means to buy them.
"There is nothing wrong with money. If I read it correctly, it is indeed the silver coins among the three coins of the Western King's Reward..."
As soon as he got the coin, Fang Yi felt it. The aura emitted in the coin was almost exactly the same as the few in his pocket. It was undoubtedly a real coin. In terms of quality, the one Hou Jingchen took out was much better than the one he got.
"Silver coins? The rust spots on it are so heavy, I thought it was a copper coin or a gold coin..."
Man Jun frowned when he heard this. The Western King's Reward Coins were divided into three types, forged from gold, silver and copper. Among these three types of materials, two silver coins appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. According to the theory that rare things are precious, copper coins were more rare and expensive than silver coins.
"If Mr. Sun was asked to take action, how much quality can the silver coin be restored to?"
Man Jun continued to ask that the quality of copper coins is directly related to their value. Judging from the current quality alone, not to mention 200,000, even 20,000 yuan is not worth it. But if it can restore 40% to 50% of the quality, its value will be far more than 200,000 yuan.
"If the teacher takes action, it can recover to 60% or 70%..." Fang Yi didn't dare to say something, that is, if he takes action, he would definitely give the Western King a rank of 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 10% or 1
"Then should we buy it or not? The Western King's Reward is a famous object in the ancient spring world, and there are very few remaining..."
Man Jun looked at Fang Yi after hearing this. His opinion was naturally inclined to buy him. Man Jun had several customers who were playing with coins. As long as he repaired the coins, Man Jun was sure to make at least twice as much after replacing the goods.
If it were normal, Man Jun would be able to take the coin by himself because he was the shopkeeper of this antique shop and could make his own decisions about these things, but since Fang Yi was there, Man Jun naturally had to ask Fang Yi for his opinion.
"It is true that the famous one is famous, but it may not be possible if the number of existence in the world is small..." Fang Yi curled his lips when he heard this. In less than a month, he saw four Western Kings reward money. How could he say that the number of existence in the world is small?
"How do you say this?"
Man Jun was stunned for a moment. In order to cater to the taste of the guests, Man Jun also made some hard work to study ancient coins. He knew that the Western King's reward money could be captured among the top fifty treasures in the ancient spring. However, looking at Fang Yi's appearance, he seemed to be quite dissatisfied.
"The money is real, but I don't think it's so good for that boss Hou!"
Fang Yi is not the kind of person who likes to gossip behind his back, but with his relationship with Man Jun, there is naturally no need to hide his sloppy words. He said immediately: "Do you know Boss Hou's origin? Will there be any trouble with taking his things?"
Fang Yi had the art of knowing people and seeing physiognomy. At the first glance, he knew what kind of person he was. Such a person is the one who is profit-oriented and narrow-minded and vengeful.
Not to mention anything else, if Man Jun spent 200,000 yuan to receive this money, if Hou Jingchen knew that he had repaired it and sold it twice, Hou Jingchen might have been able to hold a grudge against Man Jun.
"I have never contacted Hou Jingchen, but I have heard of it..."
After hearing Fang Yi's words, Man Jun thought for a moment and said, "Hou Jingchen is from Sichuan Province, but he has been active in the Yunnan-Guizhou area for a long time. I heard that he also eats the rice dumplings in the country. He is famous in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Chuan provinces, and he has real things in his hands. He has a good reputation in our industry..."
"He is not a person who does anything, he doesn't have that smell of earth..." Fang Yi shook his head when he heard this and said, "And that money is not something unearthed."
"Isn't it unearthed? Isn't this possible? It's full of rust spots."
Man Jun didn't believe Fang Yi's words. After so many years of hanging out in antique shops, Boss Man had never eaten pork or seen pigs running. Is it an unearthed object? Man Jun asked himself that he could tell it.
"That's water rust, not earth rust. This money is out of water, not unearthed..." Fang Yi looked at Man Jun and said with a smile: "Brother Man, you can't even separate water rust and earth rust. After working in the antique shop for many years, you haven't been cheated of anyone. You're lucky..."
"That's your brother Man, I have good character. Fang Yi, what do you mean is that the copper coin was salvaged from the water?" Man Jun boasted and turned the topic to the coins.
"Well, it's probably salvaged from the water. Brother Man, wait, I'll call first..."
Fang Yi heard from his teacher Yu Xuan about the origin of the Western King's rewards, but he was also a little unsure. He took out his cell phone, found the teacher's number and dialed it.
"Did you come to Fujian Province to wish me a New Year?" After the phone was answered, Yu Xuan's voice came from the microphone.
Fang Yi knew that Yu Xuan's temperament was different from Sun Lianda. He liked to joke with his younger generations. Fang Yi was also used to the teacher's style and smiled and said, "Teacher, I will visit you and your teacher's wife in a few days. What objects did you say your teacher's wife like, I'll get them for you..."
"You guy has a conscience, but don't come. I'll go to Paris with your master's wife the day after tomorrow and will not come back next month..."
Yu Xuan replied with a smile on Fang Yi and said, "Tell me, what's wrong with finding the teacher? Have you got some good things again? Let me tell you, if you get another Xuande furnace, you must give the teacher one..."
Yu Xuan didn't know what to say about Fang Yi's good luck. He and Mr. Wang from the capital had been searching for him for a lifetime, but he never encountered a real Xuande furnace. However, Fang Yi just went to Myanmar and brought back one. If Yu Xuan didn't envy him, it would be a lie.
"Teacher, there is no Xuande Furnace, but I encountered something else..."
Fang Yi smiled and said, "Teacher, you seemed to have told me some time ago that the coin of the King of Western Rewards. I want to ask you where it comes from? Today I saw one. It was not earth rust but water rust. I suspect this thing was fished out of the water..."
"The King of the West? Have you seen the King of the West?" Before Fang Yi finished speaking, Yu Xuan's tone on the phone suddenly rose by 80 degrees. "Where did you see it? Is it gold, silver or copper coin?"
Yu Xuan is an expert in antique miscellaneous items, and coins are also one of the main objects of his research. However, like Xuande Furnace, many of the items in the fifty treasures of the ancient spring are lonely items, and even Yu Xuan has not seen many of them. Therefore, when Yu Xuan heard that Fang Yi saw the Western King’s reward money, Yu Xuan was also excited.
"Teacher, I not only saw this money, but I only have a few coins in my hand..." Fang Yi thought for a while, and told me that he had three coins that the Western King rewarded merits. Unless he did not take out those coins in the future, he would not be able to hide it.
"You...you have rewarded the Western King, where did you get it? Why haven't you heard you say it before?" To be honest, Yu Xuan on the phone was really scared by Fang Yi, so he stuttered a little when he spoke.
From the late Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China, the Western King has only two silver coins and one gold coin for rewarding merits. After the war, I didn’t know where these coins were left. Fang Yi said that he had a few coins in his hand. If this news spread, it would be like dropping a bombshell in the ancient spring world.
"A few days ago, I went back to the mountain to worship the master and found it from his master's relics..."
Fang Yi had already thought about it and said, "But the quality of these coins is so perfect. I think it may be a later imitation. Today, I met a person who came to sell the Western King's silver coins in the store, and I remembered this... "
"You kid can't tell me earlier!"
Hearing Fang Yi's words, Yu Xuan said anxiously: "Don't run around in Jinling. I'll take the afternoon plane to get there. You can get there in the evening. Then you can take the money for me. Okay, let's say that first, I'll go to the airport now..."
"Hey, teacher, don't worry, let's talk about the source of the Western King's reward money first and then hang up the phone..." Fang Yi shouted quickly when he heard that the teacher seemed to be about to hang up the phone.
"Source? Of course it was fished out of the water. I will tell you again after meeting this matter..." Yu Xuan paused for a moment, and did not hang up the phone immediately, but asked, "By the way, did you find the person who sells coins from Sichuan Province?"
"I came from Sichuan Province, called Hou Jingchen!" Fang Yi replied.
"It's that boy..." Yu Xuan pondered on the phone for a moment and said, "You'd better not take his stuff. Well, this is just a teacher's suggestion. Whether you listen or not is on yourself..."
"Teacher, I understand. If the rewards of the Western King in my hand are true, there is no way to accept his things..." Fang Yi laughed at him. It seemed that his judgment was not wrong. Hou Jingchen was indeed the kind of person who was indebted to deal with.
"I'll talk about it after I've read it. Your master is a strange man. Those Western Kings rewards are likely to be true..."
Thinking that Fang Yi had several Western King reward coins in his hand, Yu Xuan was not in a mood to talk nonsense with Fang Yi, so he hung up the phone after saying something casually. He said that there was a flight from Fushi to Jinling in the afternoon, and he went too late but couldn't catch up with the plane.
"Brother Man, what are you doing?" After Fang Yi hung up his phone, he looked up and saw Man Jun's eyes that seemed to be on fire. He immediately took a step back in fear.
"Fang Yi, you really have the reward money for the King of Western Rewards? Do you have several? Or is it of a perfect quality?"
Man Jun heard the phone call between Fang Yi and Yu Xuan clearly. After hearing the phone call, Man Jun also understood why Fang Yi didn't take the Western King's reward seriously.
"That's right, I'll carry it with me. It's not bad for divination. It's quite effective..." Fang Yi took out his right hand from his pocket, and three coins with a seductive luster flashing under the light and immediately appeared in front of Man Jun.
Chapter completed!